Bethany Mandel is a contributing writer for Deseret News and is a home-schooling, stay-at-home mother of six. She is the co-author of “Stolen Youth” and an editor for the patriotic children’s book series “Heroes of Liberty.”
Bethany Mandel
By Bethany Mandel
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Opinion Donald Trump’s Non-Apology for Online Anti-Semitism Isn’t Good Enough
After Donald Trump spewed racism about Mexicans and Muslims, and Trump supporters increasingly spewed online anti-Semitism at Jewish journalists like me, my editor here at the Forward, Jane Eisner, responded to this hatred by imposing a one-day moratorium on covering the Republican front-runner. The so-called “Trumpatorium” wasn’t received kindly by the Trump campaign. Sad! Trump’s…
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Opinion The Outrageous Jewish Hypocrisy of Ivanka Trump — Not To Mention Donald and Melania
What is it about Ivanka Trump? If Donald’s daughter were the one running for president, there would probably be far fewer Republicans declaring “Never Trump” as we watch the election unfold like a slow-motion train wreck. She is, simply, everything her father is not. Soft-spoken, a thoughtful listener, a self-proclaimed feminist, naturally beautiful and gentle…
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Opinion That Time I Baked Matzo With Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz is a passionate evangelical Christian, and seems to sincerely share the evangelical love of Israel and its people. So maybe it wasn’t so surprising that Cruz made a last-minute visit to a Brooklyn matzo factory yesterday, just weeks before Passover begins later this month. The entire experience was awkward and fast-paced, so politics…
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Opinion My Trump Tweets Earned Me So Many Anti-Semitic Haters That I Bought a Gun
As any high-profile Twitter user with a Jewish-sounding last name can tell you, the surest way to see anti-Semitism flood your mentions column is to tweet something negative about Donald Trump. My anti-Trump tweets have been met with such terrifying and profound anti-Semitism that I bought a gun earlier this month. Over the coming weeks,…
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Opinion Donald Trump Is Practically Begging for Hitler Comparison With This Salute
As a nation, we aren’t very good at keeping our political hyperbole to a minimum. Especially since President George W. Bush was burned in effigy during Iraq War protests. Those on the left declared Bush to be Adolf Hitler at every turn, completely desensitizing us to the comparison. Fast forward to 2016, and we are…
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Opinion Donald Trump Is Playing ‘Mr. Neutral’ on Everything From Israel to the Klan — and It’s Working
There are a few topics in American politics that have unmatched power to excite and divide. The KKK is one. The Israel-Palestinian conflict is another. You might think that given the polarizing nature of both issues, it would be impossible to run for president without clearly delineating your stance on them. And yet Donald Trump,…
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Life The Bullying Tactics of Hillary Clinton and the Group-Think Feminists
First the radical feminists came for the conservative women, but you do not speak up because you aren’t conservative. Then they came for the pro-life women, but you did not speak up because you aren’t pro-life. And now they’re coming for the rest of you non-conformists. Welcome to purgatory. Over the years I’ve heard this…
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Opinion How the Truths Marco Rubio Told an Atheist Could Lure Jews to GOP
At an intimate campaign stop in Waverly, Iowa, on January 18, an atheist asked Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio why his recent ad said nothing about policy ideas and instead went into great detail about faith, God and heaven. The questioner wanted to know how Rubio planned to uphold the religious rights of all, not…
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